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Great news! The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is going to be carrying my Birder Murders! I’ve been trying to place “The Boreal Owl Murder” in the gift shop there for the last year, and now it’s a done deal, complete with some book signings for both “Boreal Owl” and my newest, “Murder on Warbler Weekend,” scheduled for the busy holiday shopping season. The Arb has visitors from all over the country (not to mention the world), so I thought it would be a great spot for some high visibility, not to mention all the birdwatchers that frequent the extensive grounds there. Another new spot I’ve landed is on the internet – my books are currently featured on a new website called Reading Minnesota that celebrates Minnesota books. Check it out at ...more...

I just realized I didn’t post any blog for July! My excuse is that I was wrapped up with Birder Murder books – finishing the first draft of the third book in the series and beginning the marketing for the second book, “Murder on Warbler Weekend,” which debuts September 1. If you take a look at my events column, you’ll see some of the fruit of my work: I’ve got some big book events coming up this fall. Marketing, I’ve discovered in the past year, is one of the biggest tasks for a new author. It takes a lot of phone and email time, patience and perseverance. The payoff, though, is well worth it, since it ultimately connects me with you, my readers. I hope to see many of you ...more...

One of the unexpected pleasures of having “The Boreal Owl Murder” now published is that I’m getting the opportunity to meet so many birders and readers at birding events, bookclubs, and book signings. This Sunday, I’ll even be on the radio for an interview with Bill Tefft of “Birding with Bill” on WELY 94.5. (You can hear it via webcast at www.wely.com from 7 to 8 pm.).
Meanwhile, my second Bob White novel – “Murder on Warbler Weekend” is in the hands of my publisher, and I’m busy doing research for the third book in the Bob White Birder Murder Mystery series. It looks like this adventure will take him to Lanesboro in southeastern Minnesota to try to locate a certain quail by the name of (did you guess?) ...more...